The

Trojan Rule Vol. 9, No. 15 - April 3, 2017

A biweekly publication

of Subiaco Academy

Subiaco, Arkansas

www.subi.org

This year the CASA Club featured the signifi-cance of fables that have been used since the beginning of time as a tool to record history and convey values and virtues. Some of our CASA members presented their favorite folk-tales learned as children. These stories share a universal message, i.e., to be virtuous people. The moral messages include honesty, con-tentment, perseverance, courage, kindness, and honor. A Taekwondo demonstration of breaking wood and a Samurai match were cheered by the student body. Two musical performances, guitar and cello, concluded the program. CASA members believe in multi-culturalism and that diversity of people and thought enriches all of us and makes us more open, tolerant, and virtuous people.

Folktales From Around the World

On Saturday, April 1st, the Senior High quiz bowl team traveled to Dardanelle to compete in the 4A state tournament. The morning’s round robin tournament started off rather well with Subiaco defeating Nashville (390-70), Dardanelle (425-90), and Prairie Grove (330-195). The combination of the scores and wins placed Subiaco as the 2nd seed for the single elimination tournament play in the afternoon. Afternoon play started off pretty good with Subiaco replaying Nashville and winning (335-70). The second round of the tournament saw Subiaco playing Brookland, the team they played in

the finals last year, which resulted in a Subiaco win (385-175). Round three brought together Subiaco and Huntsville, the strongest competitor to Subiaco over the past few years. For most of the game the teams were neck in neck, but a difficult lightning round put Subiaco behind, from which they were not able to reclaim enough ground to win and lost to Huntsville 300-220. This loss knocked Subiaco out of playing in the finals, but the Trojans moved on to play for 3rd place. In the last game of the evening Subiaco played against Gravette. This game again was neck in neck until the lightening round. This time a favorable category launched Subiaco ahead by almost 100 points. The final round went by fairly quickly with Subiaco winning 335-205. Winning 6 out of 7 matches for the day, Subiaco came in 3rd for the 2017 4A Quiz Bowl State Tournament.

Third place in 4A State Tournament

Subiaco has another strong representation in the Stock Market Game competition. Thirty teams on campus rep-resent 25% of our student body battling it out in the 10 week contest. The competition is in its final week. Much like a final lap in the Indy 500, the tension is palpable. Teams have been meeting before and after school, develop-ing their strategy to position themselves for a strong finish! At this point, it is a hold or sell mindset for many of the teams. Currently over half of Subiaco’s teams have a portfolio with a positive balance. Several portfolios are in excess of 10% growth for the ten- week contest! A mad dash to the finish will see what the market brings for our young traders!

Stock Market Game ending

Rule of St. Benedict - (Chapter 7:1-4 Humility)

“The first step of humility, then, is that a man keeps the fear of God always before his eyes (Ps 35[36]:2) and never forgets it. While he guards himself at every moment from sins and vices of thought or tongue, of hand or foot, of self-will or bodily desire, let him recall that he is always seen by God in heaven, that his actions everywhere are in God’s sight and are reported by angels at every hour.” (Chapter 7:10, 12-13 Humility)

Think for a moment of how young children strive to please their parents. Often chil-dren would rather endure some punishment than to have their mom or dad tell them that they are a disappointment. To some extent, we carry this people-pleasing desire into our adult lives. We like to do well and to have people think good things of us. We are very much aware of the judgment of other people.

Our faith teaches us that all that we think, do and say are known to God. We have no secrets before God, and yet we may act from time to time as if we can hide from God. Benedict reminds us that the “first step” to humility is to keep the “fear of God always before our eyes” because God sees us at all times. Nourishing in ourselves this knowl-edge that we are in God’s presence will help us to lead lives that are pleasing to him.

Deacon Roy Goetz - Academy Chaplain

The Trojans began conference play against the Decatur Bulldogs on March 28. The first goal came off a penalty kick awarded to Michael Choe after being fouled inside Decatur’s 18-yard box. Yu-say Watanabe quickly tallied up another score. Tyler Moran, Mark Popov, and striker Byoungjin Min scored the remain-ing first-half goals. One minute had elapsed in the second half when Popov scored to make it 6-0 and the mercy rule was put in effect. Min scored the final goal with 12 minutes left on the clock. The Bulldogs took no shots on the goal, as the Trojans finished with a 7-0 victory.

On April 1, German students of Mrs. Pat Stengel and Chinese students of Mrs. Michelle Chuang competed in the Arkansas Foreign Language Teachers Asso-ciation Competition. Jackson O’Neal placed first in Extemporaneous reading in German. In the Ger-man Vocabulary Bee, Evan Redmond took 1st place, Misha Rzhanitsa took 2nd place, and Jackson O’Neal placed 3rd. In the Mandarin Chinese competition, Brandyn Brooks placed 3rd in Chinese I poetry and Tung Doan placed 5th in the Level I vocabulary bee. The team of Luke, Jackson, Evan, David, Timmy took first place in the German II Culture Bowl.

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Ozark 10 – Subiaco 4

Walks and errors doomed the Trojans throughout the game. The Subiaco pitching staff held Ozark to 3 hits, but al-lowed 14 baserunners through walks and hit batters. Four errors from the defense did not help matters either. The Subiaco offense out hit the Hillbillies 9-3 including four doubles. The Ozark pitching staff did not allow many run-ners into scoring position, and when they did, the Trojans could not supply a big hit. Bryce Tencleve finished 4-4 at the plate with 3 doubles, and Caleb Phillips and Aaron Brooks both finished 2-4 at the plate.

Pottsville 20 – Subiaco 2

Subiaco pitchers struggled mightily all day. The Trojan pitching staff gave up 9 hits and allowed 12 walks and hit 7 batters. The Trojan offense was held to 3 hits. Zach Franz led the offense going 1-3 with a double.

Waldron 8 – Subiaco 3

Bryce Tencleve did an outstanding job on the mound for the Trojans, but his effort was ruined by a 6 error per-formance by his defense. Bryce pitched a complete game, and surrendered 0 ER. Caleb Phillips finished 2-3 with 2 RBI, and Zach Franz was 1-3 at the plate with 2 runs scored.

Trojan baseball report

Spring cleanup

Tom Myers, Tom Bourgeois, Dayne Daye, Michael Tran and Joseph Percy-Allen, with guidance from Chris Adams and Br. Adrian, performed the annual swimming pool cleaning.

Wyatt Soprano, Tom Myers, Tom Bourgeois, and Dayne Daye enjoyed an outing to Half Bushel.

April 7, 2017

For both parents and students

Private individual Shadow Days are available upon request.

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and Faculty Prospective boarders are welcome to

spend Thursday night in a residence hall. (Overnight accommodations are available for parents.)

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Subiaco Academy is a Catholic, college

preparatory boarding and day school in the

Benedictine tradition for young men in grades 7-12.

We see Christ in each student, guiding him in his response to God, aiding the development of his known and hidden gifts,

and fostering a search for truth and an appreciation

of the arts.

Subiaco Academy offers: 10:1 student to teacher ratio Average class size 15 13 AP courses Concurrent courses 7 major athletic teams, Quiz Bowl, and many other activities Phenomenal visual arts, vocals, instrumental music program, and drama Outdoor activities including hiking, fishing, and camping Diverse student community from 15 states and nine countries An opportunity to develop character, faith and brotherhood